Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes Environmental and Appl

This book offers authoritative contributions by world experts actively working on different aspects of phototrophic prokaryotes. Providing up-to-date information in this rapidly advancing field, it covers the range of topics that are currently the focus o

  • PDF / 17,942,321 Bytes
  • 490 Pages / 439.42 x 683.15 pts Page_size
  • 5 Downloads / 205 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes Environmental and Applied Aspects

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Patrick C. Hallenbeck Editor

Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes Environmental and Applied Aspects

Editor Patrick C. Hallenbeck Department of Biology Life Sciences Research Center United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO, USA Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie Université de Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada

ISBN 978-3-319-46259-2    ISBN 978-3-319-46261-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46261-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017935069 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

Part I  Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Diversity Diversity of the Cyanobacteria....................................................................... 3 Petr Dvořák, Dale A. Casamatta, Petr Hašler, Eva Jahodářová, Alyson R. Norwich, and Aloisie Poulíčková Diversity of Anaerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Purple Bacteria............. 47 Johannes F. Imhoff A Panoply of Phototrophs: An Overview of the Thermophilic Chlorophototrophs of the Microbial Mats of Alkaline Siliceous Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA.................................. 87 Marcus Tank, Vera Thiel, David M. Ward, and Donald A. Bryant The Chlorobiaceae, Chloroflexaceae, and Heliobacteriaceae........................ 139 Michael T. Madigan, Nicole A. Vander Schaaf, and W. Matthew Sattley Phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes: A New “Purple” Branch on the Bacterial Tree of Life............................................................................ 163 Yong